British Square
British Square, colloquially known as Britanac, is a public square in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. It is one of the few remaining squares to include an open-air farmers' marketplace with fresh fruit, vegetables and other foods brought directly from farms, and is a revered urban area among the population of Zagreb.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb.
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
Theater building
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The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, commonly referred to as HNK Zagreb, is a theatre, opera and ballet house located in Zagreb.
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
University
The Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb is a Croatian art school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic Art and the Academy of Music.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gornji grad and Lenuci Horseshoe.
Gornji grad
Quarter
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Gornji grad is a part of Zagreb, Croatia, and together with Kaptol it is the medieval nucleus of the city, when it was best known as Gradec or Grič. It is situated on the hill of Grič. Today this neighbourhood forms part of the Gornji Grad-Medveščak district.
Lenuci Horseshoe
Locality
Photo: Bobonajbolji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lenuci Horseshoe or the Green Horseshoe is a U-shaped system of city squares with parks in downtown Zagreb, Croatia. The horseshoe was conceived in 1882 by Croatian urbanist Milan Lenuci.
Kaptol
Quarter
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Kaptol is a part of Zagreb, Croatia in the Upper Town and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Zagreb. Due to its historical associations, in Croatian "Kaptol" is also used as a metonym for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia.
British Square
- Type: Locality
- Description: square in Zagreb, Croatia
- Category: square
- Location: Zagreb, Central Croatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“British Square” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Britanski trg (Zagreb)”
- Bosnian: “Britanski trg”
- Chinese: “英国广场”
- Croatian: “Britanski trg”
- French: “Britanski trg”
- Portuguese: “Britanski trg”
- Swedish: “Brittiska torget”
- Turkish: “Britanski Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Британська площа (Загреб)”
- Ukrainian: “Британська площа”
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